Round Rings are the most common and economical. They provide the most choices in capacities.

Straight D Rings are useful in the larger capacities becuase they hold the sheets straight. This metal is always mounted on the back cover.

Angle D Rings are also useful in the larger capacities. The Angle D holds the material at an angle so that index tab dividers remain more visible.

MUELLER ART COVER

ARTWORK PREPARATION GUIDELINES

The guidelines for art services supporting products purchased from Mueller Art Cover are as follows:

1.) 1 hour of free art department services to process artwork is standard.
2.) All submitted artwork and ideas will be reviewed and estimated before processing begins
3.) In the event your needs will exceed the allotted time, we will contact you with the additional requirements.
4.) Additional services are billed at an hourly rate of $60/per hour in º hour increments.

>Preferred Format
To expedite your order, please submit your artwork file as an Adobe Illustrator (or Illustrator compatible EPS) file. Please make certain that type has been converted to outlines and any linked images are also included with your file.

>Acceptable Formats
We can also accept files created with the following software: Adobe Illustrator 9.0, Adobe Photoshop 7.0, Adobe Pagemaker 6.5, Adobe Acrobat, MS Word 2000, Paint Shop Pro. We also can accept any common bitmapped file format, including *.tif, *.jpg, *.gif, *.png and many others.

>What we can not accept
We can not process Quark files in house. We can not accept any Macintosh font files. Our computer systems are PC based. We do have an outside design firm that can do file conversion for Quark files and files with Mac fonts. This can add delays to your project.

>Using Colors & Separations
For standard silk-screen or foil stamping work, use pantone spot colors not CMYK. Remember that with silk-screening and the nature of our substrates, knockouts and trapping procedures are different that it is for offset printing. More colors will overprint and traps are heavier. Because color registrations are much more difficult to keep consistent, more tolerance needs to be added. If artwork contains color tints color percentages need to be between (15% - 80%).

>If you have art that does not meet the above requirements.
We will require extra days lead time to prepare your artwork for production and some extra art charges may apply depending on the amount of modifications needed.